.... The objective of this computational study was to investigate the effects of nucleus swelling on disc geometry, fiber orientation, and mechanical behavior by comparing those of prestrained and zero-pressure (unswelled) discs. Thermoelastic analysis techniques were repurposed in order to determine the zero...

... collagen layers, where some of the lamellae are incomplete. In 2005, Holzapfel et al. [ 5 ] examined the mechanical behavior of a single lamella, reporting that some lamellae were more difficult to separate than others, indicating that the difference in the peeling forces may arise from the presence...

... to 20% of the general population. Many of these injuries are specifically related to the intervertebral disc, including discogenic pain and accelerated disc degeneration. Numerous studies have characterized the mechanical behavior of the disc under normal physiological loads, while several have also...

... regression analysis stress effects vascular mechanics mechanical behavior stress remodeling Mechanically mediated vascular remodeling occurs as vascular cells sense and respond to their local mechanical environment. Thus, fundamental to many studies of vascular remodeling...

...-temporal (NT) axes ( 4 5 6 7 ). In the peripheral cornea and limbus, the fibrils tend to be aligned circumferentially. A polar plot illustrating the spatial variation of the preferred orientation of the collagen fibrils is shown in Fig. 1b . Numerous experiments have shown that the mechanical behavior...

...Ryan R. Duling; Rebecca B. Dupaix; Noriko Katsube; John Lannutti This paper investigates the mechanical behavior of electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) under tensile loading. PCL in bulk form degrades slowly and is biocompatible, two properties that make it a viable option for tissue engineering...